Yang Guang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Communication, Shenzhen University (SZU), and concurrently serves as she also serves as Associate Dean. She has led multiple research projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, as well as provincial and municipal grants, publishing numerous high-quality Chinese and English research articles in top-tier academic journals including Journalism & Communication Research. Her scholarly contributions have been recognized by multiple government and academic awards, including two Second Prizes in the 8th Guangdong Provincial Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences, as well as Second and Third Prizes in the 10th Shenzhen Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Additionally, she has been honored with titles such as Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher. Her primary research interests include opinion polarization, algorithmic news, internet civility, and digital civilization.